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 Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:42 am
 Kappa was sitting on a bench in front of the GoGo, enjoying the warm summer sun on his face, and the beautiful music erupting from his ever-present headphones. He'd been by the GoGo to see if Ici was around, but had found that the shop was closed for renovations.
Ichigo.
He hated think of her again after all this time. He hadn't seen her for months, and he was thinking it was about time that he got over it. She didn't like him anymore...that must be it.
But what would he do now? Kappa needed a change more than anything else. He was tired of pining after a girl who didn't seem to love him. It was time to move on.
As another song began playing, Kappa put together all his efforts to not cry. But he couldn't help it, and tears began to roll down his cheeks. He sat there, feeling sorry for himself for quite awhile, but eventually, he wiped his eyes with his polo shirt collar and looked up at the sky.
What now Kappa? What now kid?
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:49 am
Kid was right! Ah, the power of being a narrator.
Ein screamed with delight as she ran hastily away from Ananchel. Silver couldn't come to the beach today-- something about hangoverness, or drinking. Or maybe both. She was face down in a dark room, the last Ein had seen. But Ein didn't care about anything except for the wind in her face, sea in her hair and... well, sand in her swimming suit. But it was all okay. BECAUSE IT WAS THE BEEEEEEEEACH!
Turning around and staring at Ananchel and the slow progress the other woman made, she stopped, grinning with delight as she waved her arm. Ananchel was so slow sometimes!
Invigorated as much as a toddler could be, she stepped around, legs giving up after the sudden burst of grace.
She wasn't too great at walking... yet.
And tripped.
...
OOOH.
That hurt.
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:16 am
Kappa heard the yelling, even through the blare of his ambient noise-proof headphones--which were of highest quality, of course.
Looking down from the sky to the street, he blinked a few times, the dots of brightness eventually fading away. It wasn't smart to look at the sun, he reminded himself, suddenly wondering who was making the screeching noise.
It was then that he noticed the little girl, who had fallen onto the pavement after what seemed to be a nasty spill for a toddler. He stood up and pulled his headhphones down to his neck quickly and helped the redhead up off of the pavement, checking her for brusies and scratches.
"Are you okay kid?" he asked her, giving her a smile.
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 2:13 am
Ein scowled, staring at the other thing. Her screech of pain stopping midway, the snakes in her hair hissed with discontent. They had hated the beach, the sun had been nice but the salt water had heated their scales and scratched their eyes. So coming home was a delight. Returning, was heaven.
"Who you?" she asked, frowning as she stared at herself. Patting her arms and her legs (and her butt discreetly too... or as discreetly as a girl could maange) she stopped, making sure everything hurt only shy of hell and beamed. "EIN!"
She was Ein. Everyone needed to know who Ein was. Anyone who didn't well...
She was Ein.
"My name is Ein." she said, proud that she had managed the sentence. Did the man think she was a good girl? She hoped so. Everyone needed to think she was a good girl.
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:44 pm
Kappa smiled at the adorable little toddler, watching her process the things that were going on around her. It was fun to watch a child learn about the world, just has he had little more than a year ago. He remembered when everything was new to him, and it made him feel a bit nostalgic.
She seemed proud that she hadn't hurt herself, and he was glad to hear that she wasn't damaged in any way. "Ein?" He gave her a smile and knelt down to her height, extending his hand to give it a shake. His mother had always told him to shake hands with new people, and he supposed it couldn't hurt to teach the little one about a proper introduction. "Nice to meet you Ein!" He grinned, giving her hand a light shake. "You have very cool hair," he added, noticing the snakes that seemed to be a bit...irritable. Staying far enough away that they couldn't bite him, Kappa made sure to watch out for the snakes. He wasn't very fond of snakes or snake-like creatures...Most of the time they were kind of creepy.
"Is your mommy around?" he asked the redhead, looking around for someone who might be her guardian.
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:05 pm
Ananchel followed behind her, if a bit slowly. Ein, perking up looked around, peering for the familiar long pair hair. "Mommy?" she queried. Hmm. No. Ananchel wasn't her mommy. Silver was! But Silver didn't seem to like being called mommy.
"Nanchel." Ein responded, pointing the woman at. At the sudden gesture the woman speeded up. Was Ein in trouble?
Probably not. But still.
"I'm sorry." Were the first words out of her mouth as Ananchel nodded at the man. "She has a habit of running away like that. She's learnt not to do that on a busy street (for now), but still." with a slight frown, she stared down at the young toddler in front of her. "Ein." she started.
"Nanchel." the girl repeated cheekily.
"I'm her... co guardian. Kind of." Ananchel reached out to shake his head. "Ananchel. It's nice to meet you. And I'm sorry if she's bothering you." Usually a woman of few words, Ein had a habit of flustering the seraphim.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:40 pm
Kappa looked up as Ein pointed to the woman coming up slowly behind her. Was that the girl's mom?
"That's her huh?" he asked looking down at the little girl as her mother walked up to him. "Hey," he greeted 'Nanachel, who looked a bit concerned for her daughter. "It's okay. She just fell down, so I thought I'd help her up." He shook her hand and introduced himself. "I'm Kappa. Nice to meet you." He gave her a knowing smile. "I've got lots of little brothers and sisters, so I know how it is."
He giggled as he watched the girl reply to her guardian. She was funny. He gave Ein a grin from behind her guardian. She was slick. "And no, she's not bothering me at all. I was just sitting here, trying to enjoy the day." He gave her a wary smile and looked down. "She's got some awesome hair," he added, watching the snakes move about.
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:32 am
Ananchel caught herself from rolling her eyes. She would resemble her own charge too much if she did that, and resembling Silver... well, that was more of an insult that she cared for.
"Kappa?" wondering if the man meant this literally, she nodded her head. "That's good." too many times had the brat annoyed strangers, and Ananchel wasn't feeling up to apologizing again. "I'm glad." looking around, at the bench, she frowned.
She didn't have a human's sense of modesty, so she asked. "Are you waiting for someone? Looking, at something?" What was the point of sitting alone?
Ein bobbed her head. "Awsum." she repeated. What a pretty pretty word.
"It's more trouble than it's worth, really." Ananchel said.
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:55 am
He chuckled. "Yeah, Kappa...You'd probably be a bit surprised to hear how I came about," he said, nodding. "One day, long ago, I was a piece of Kappa Maki. I know, I know...It's a bit strange, but what isn't strange around here," he said, motioning to the world around him. Gaia was in a state of perpetual weirdness, he thought. "But one day I fermented, and I became a little sushicreature...When I became an adult, I actually grew to the height of a normal human, so it's pretty cool now."
He realized he was rambling, but he liked to tell the story of how he came about. Not everyone was once a piece of food. "Nope, she's no bother at all," he continued. "I was just looking for someone at that restaurant over there," he said, pointing to the GoGo--the place where he'd grown up. "But it's closed, so I was just sitting here, deciding what to do next...I kinda got caught up in my music."
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:41 am
Ananchel nodded. Wierd things. She understood that. She had been created from an orb, more or less. Although it was less startling than a piece of food. "Didn't anyone try to eat you?" she asked. Honestly. What would these gaians do next?
Ein in the meanwhile, perked up. Moosic? She knew moosic! "Moosic!" she said, making grabbie grabbie motions. They had something at home that played that stuff, next to the tv. Except she didn't know how it worked. Surrond sound was the way to go, baby.
"It closed?" Staring, Ananchel nodded. "Well, we're heading into the stores to pick something up. Some kind of oil to prevent the snakes from drying out? Molting, I think. Shedding." Bah. What did she know about snakes? "We've got to keep the scales tuned up, really."
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:33 am
"Actually..." He smiled, not remembering this part of the story, but hearing it from Sizzla had given him an idea of what he was before he was a sushicreature. "I was a leftover. My mom doesn't really like sushi, so she had quite a bit left after she was done at the restaurant. She accidentally left the takeout container on the counter overnight, and when she woke up, I was there waiting for her, trying to find a way out of my styrofoam tomb!" He laughed remembering back to his first experience on Gaia...It was a struggle to get out of the container, but Sizzla had managed to get him out before he had to smell too much fermented sushi!
Looking down at Ein, Kappa took his headphones off and selected a pretty electronic piece from his iPod for her to listen to. He put the headphones on the little girl's head, adjusting them so they wouldn't slip off. "Wanna hear some nice music Ein?" he asked, right before playing the song. He didn't want her to be afraid when the music came on.
Once she was ready, he pressed play and let her enjoy the sound through his high-quality headphones...They were surround sound enough for one person...
Turning back to Ananchel, he glanced at the GoGo. "Yeah, they've been closed for awhile now it looks like...I grew up there, so I wanted to come back and visit." He paused, making sure that he'd contained his emotions. "I can imagine that the snakes wouldn't like the beach. You'd have to keep them well-oiled, that's for sure. The salt water probably makes them itchy," he said, nodding sagely. Like he knew what he was talking about...haha.
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:55 am
Ein paused, listening. Her eyes widened and she squealed in delight, jumping slightly. It was so loud, and it felt like it was coming from all around her! Home sound was good, but it didn't feel like this. This was personal. It was all hers.
Doing a little victory boogie at the music, she beamed up at Kappa. She _liked_ this man. Look at what he had given her! Given, of course. She didn't think he would want it back any more. (Why would he, really?)
Ananchel wrinkled her nose, suddenly extremely wary about any food she had eaten in the past. If it turned out she had... nah. She was sure it was only sushi and the like, and she was sure the place had been long since closed before she had arrived on gaia. Good for her then.
"We're heading to town, why don't you come with us?" she offered. "Ein doesn't seem like she'll be giving up your headphones soon, and it'll be nice to have proper company."
Ein wasn't, because she was a toddler. And Ananchel wasn't afraid to speak her mind about that.
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:17 am
Kappa turned the volume down just a bit so that she wouldn't go deaf. He didn't know much about kid's hearing, but he figured loud wasn't necessarily the best thing for her. He smiled as he watched her dance around, enjoying the music. Little did he know that there might be a struggle to get his beloved headphones and iPod back.
"Sure, I can come with you. I don't have anything better to do, and it's nice to get to meet new people. I haven't been getting out much," he said with a sad smile. "Do you think she'll ever give them back?" he asked, pointing to the little girl.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:57 pm
Ananchel snorted. "Are you kidding?" she grinned. "She'll take them home, and wonder why the music isn't coming back from the headphones. And then she'll think its some kind of magic." the kid had a very strong imagination-- not that she was complaining! Much.
Ein looked up when the to adults continued to talk, and nodded her head. To town, to town! Ananchel had promised to buy her some hello kitty hair pins to decorate her hair with-- her mommy refused to do anything that involved the snakes, so of course-- Ananchel was really it.
Poor Silver for not understanding the love of snakes.
"Hello kitty too?" she asked, curious as she looked up at the other man. hey, she hadn't known men liked hello kitty!
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:54 am
"Magic's cool," Kappa concurred, looking down at Ein, who seemed to be enjoying his headphones. "I'll be sure to grab them up before she has a chance to get away with them," he continued with a smile.
Adjusting his messenger bag on his back, Kappa looked to Ananchel. "What kinds of things are you looking for in town?"
It was then that he heard Ein's small voice. "Hello Kitty?" he asked her, bending down to her level so he could hear her better. "Do you like Hello Kitty Ein? I've seen a lot of Hello Kitty stuff, and she sure is cute!"
It wasn't that Kappa was particularly interested in Hello Kitty--he just wanted to be friendly to the little snake-haired girl. He'd heard OF Hello Kitty, but had none of the products himself, though he though Ici might have some figurines or something. She was a pretty girly girl.
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